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A. ,DOBSON. REEL.

- No. 483,907.- Patented 001;. 4, 1892.

w W R Wifioessea nr 'enfio r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER DOBSON, OF BEAVERTON, CANADA.

REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,907, dated October4, 1892.

Application filed April 25, 1892. Serial No. 430,622. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER DOBSON, of the village of Beaverton, inthe county of Ontario, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Reels, of which the following isa specification.

The object of 1 the invention is to design a reel in which the stockshall be distributed over its surface so that all parts of the silkshall be constantlyin use; and it consists in the peculiar construction,arrangement, and combinations of parts hereinafter more particularlydescribed and then definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a reelpartially broken away to expose the interior construction involved inthe invention. Fig.2 is an end sectional View of the reel.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A represents the main driving-shaft, which is supported in suitablebearing-boxes and extends the full length of the reel. On each end ofthe reel B is fixed a gear .or friction wheel 0, and each wheel 0 mesheswith a pinion D, fixed to the shaft A. The reel B is covered with silkin the usual manner and is provided with longitudinal strips or bucketsE, by which the stock is elevated in the usual manner.

F and G represent two shafts suitably journaled in the frame of themachine and extending through the reel B, as shown. Around each shaft isconstructed what I term a distributer, consisting of a series of slatsa, arranged around the shaft F or G and securely fastened at each end toa head H, fixed to its respective shaft. Each slat a is shaped substantially as shown in Fig. 2, so that its broad face shall be oppositeto the circumference of the reel.

I is a board extending the full length of the reel and acting as apartition in front of the spout J, through which the stock enters thereel. This partition breaks the current.

produced by the revolving distributers and directs the air through thesilk at that point.

In this way the silk is kept clean without requiring any brushing, asthe board or partition is stationary and the reel revolves around it,thereby bringing the entire surface of the reel within the action of thedrafts directed against it by the said partition. The two distributersformed around the shafts F and G, respectively, are connected to thedrivingshaft A, as shown in Fig. 1, by the strap K, so that they bothrevolve, as indicated by arrow, in the same direction as the reel B,which direction is also indicated by arrow, but at a far greater speedthan the said reelthat is to say, a reel of about eighteen inches indiameter would have about thirty-five to forty revolutions, while thetwo distributors would each be about seven inches in diameter and wouldhave from four hundred to five hundred revolutions. It will be observedthat the distributor formed around the shaft F is located at the upgoingside of the reel B, at a point where the stock accumulates as the reelrevolves, so that the slats at around the shaft F assist the buckets Ein elevating the stock, and as they revolve the slats aby their rapidrevolution throw the stock against the sur face of the reel. The stocknot forced through the silk by the action of the slats or around theshaft F falls upon the revolving slats at around the shaft G, whichlatter slats pick up the stock and throw it against the other side ofthe reel, and thus by employment of the two distributers described theentire surface of the silk is in constant use, and thus a much smallerreel is capable of doing a great deal more work than couldbe'accomplished without the employment of the distributors described. Iam of the opinion that in practice the two distributors will be foundsufficient; but in larger reels more distributors may be used, ifrequired.

What I claim as my invention is 1. Two or more distributors placedwithin a reel, one on the upgoing side of the said reel and anothersubstantially opposite to it, the said distributers revolving in thesame direction as but at a far greater speed than the said reel,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. Two or more distributers placed within a reel, one on the upgoingside of the said reel and another substantially opposite to it, incombination with a stationary partition lo cated near the periphery ofthe reel between the two revolving distributers, substantially the reelWithin which it is placed, substanas and for the purpose specified.tially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a reel, 3. distributer situated outside Toronto, March 30, 1892.the center of said reel and consisting of a se- ALEXANDER DOBSON. 5 riesof slats fixed to and arranged around a In presence ofshaft,'each slatset at such an angle that its J. EDW. MAYBEE,

face shall be opposite to the circumference of JOHN E. CAMERON.

